If your life is not in jeopardy
for what you believe, you’re probably on the wrong side!
If you don’t believe Genesis 1-11,
how can you possibly believe John 3:16?
“Indeed, all who want to live a godly
life united with the Messiah Yeshua will be persecuted.” (2Tim 3:12)
It is what you actually believe that determines how you walk out your faith,
“but avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, quarrels and fights
about the Torah; because they are worthless and futile.” (Titus 3:9)
Please Note: Absolutely nothing on this website should be taken as anti-Church or anti-Rabbinic. I am not anti-anything or anti-anyone. I am only pro-Torah and pro-Truth (see “Philosophy”), but sometimes the Truth upsets our long-held beliefs. I know it certainly upset mine! For example, see “Why Isn’t My Theology Consistent Throughout the Website?”
Developing a
Systematic Messianic Theology
“The purpose of careful theological formulations is not to put barriers in the way of people who are seeking salvation, but to define clearly the truths upon which genuine [Biblical] faith rests, so that people will not be misled by false doctrines.” [Bowman]
“It must be clearly and unequivocally stated that theology cannot save you. Only faith in Messiah Yeshua can save you. Theology can only give you sound doctrine.” [RLS]
Unless otherwise specified, throughout the Theology section of my website I use the term “Torah” in the wider sense of including the entire body of inspired Scripture: both the Tanakh and the Apostolic Writings. I personally do not consder any other so-called “sacred writings” either inspired by God or authoritative for the Believer’s walk of faith. Thus, I do not consider the Mishnah (the “Oral Torah”) as part of Torah. You should make up your own mind.
[Explanations of rabbinic citations are HERE]
Antisemitism in the
“New Testament”?
Those who claim that the so-called “New Testament” is antisemitic do so from a position of gross ignorance. The Ketuvei Schliachim (Writings of the Emissaries) is a collection of thoroughly Jewish documents written during the second half of the first century of the Common Era, and should be considered the fourth division of the Tahakh (Hebrew scriptures) alongside the Torah, Nevi'im, and Kituvim. With the exception of Dr. Lucas (Luke), who was probably not officially a rabbi, all of these documents were written in the Jewish language by Jewish rabbis living in a Jewish land among Jewish people, worshiping in the Jewish Temple and attending Jewish synagogue services every Shabbat, all living Torah-pursuant lifestyles, and directed to an audience who were all living a thoroughly Jewish lifestyle in a community whose standards of behavior were dictated by the teachings of Moshe (the Torah) and augmented by the teachings of the great Jewish Rabbi, Yeshua of Nazareth. These letters serve to instruct their recipients in the proper way to interpret and integrate Torah and the teachings of the Master into their lives.
This topic is discussed thoroughly in my Introductory Comments on the Writings of Yeshua’s Emissaries.
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